Australian Energy Market Operator

AEMO operates Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM), the interconnected power system in Australia’s eastern and south-eastern seaboard, and the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) and power system in Western Australia.

AEMO operates gas retail markets in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. AEMO also operates wholesale gas markets in south-eastern Australia, those being the Declared Wholesale Gas Market in Victoria (DWGM), the Short Term Trading Market in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney (STTM), and the Gas Supply Hub (GSH), whose trading locations are based at Wallumbilla in Queensland, and Moomba in South Australia. AEMO also operates the Natural Gas Services Bulletin Board (GBB), and is system operator of the Victorian Gas Declared Transmission System. AEMO is also responsible for Gas Services Information functions in Western Australia.

This document are published in accordance with NER clauses 11.100.3 and 11.100.4.

Other documents

AEMO sought an independent review of the Power System Model Guidelines and the System Strength Impact Assessment Guidelines. The review by PEACE® PLLC is available here (486 KB, pdf).

To assist in understanding some of the conclusions reached in the System Strength Requirements Methodology and the Inertia Requirements Methodology, the following report analyses the ability of the South Australian power system to form an island and remain secure in an islanded state.